Friday, January 30, 2015

Tentative Date: September 27th, 2015
Game: TSB with updated rosters for 15/16 season using 2-4 Wii's
Team Selection: Lucky Draw using concealed NFL Team helmets

If 4 show up then each player will pick 5 TSB15 teams. Everyone will play everyone else (3 games). Then 1st place will
play 4th place. 2nd place will play
3rd place. The losers will play for 3rd place. The winners will play for the championship. Each player must use all their teams during the tournament.

If 5 show up then each player will pick 5 TSB15 teams. Everyone will play everyone else (4 games). The top 4 teams will make the playoffs. 1st place will
play 4th place. 2nd place will play
3rd place. The losers will play for 3rd place. The winners will play for
the championship. Each player must use all their teams during the
tournament.

If 6 show up then each player will pick 5 TSB15 teams. Everyone will play everyone else (5 games). The top 4 teams will make the playoffs. 1st place will
play 4th place. 2nd place will play
3rd place. The losers will play for 3rd place. The winners will play for
the championship. Each player must use all their teams during the
tournament.

If
7 show up then each player will pick 4 TSB15 teams.
Everyone will play everyone else (6 games). No championship game will
be necessary if 1 player sits alone at the top of the standings at the
end. If there is a tie at the top of
the standings, the top 2 teams (using point differential as a
tie-breaker) will play for the championship. Each player may NOT use any
of their teams more than twice during the tournament.

If
8 show up then each player will pick 4 TSB15 teams.
There will be 2 randomly selected 4-team divisions. Each player will play
everyone in their division (3 games). Everyone will make the playoffs and be seeded according to record and then point differential. Each team may be used no more than twice during the duration of the tournament.

If
9 show up then each player will pick 3 TSB15 teams. There will be 3 randomly selected 3-team divisions. Each player will play everyone in their division (2 games). The top 8 teams (seeded by record and then point differential) will make the playoffs. Each team may be used no more than twice during the duration of the tournament.

If
10 show up then each player will pick 3 TSB15 teams. There will be 2 randomly selected divisions. Each player will
play everyone in their division (4 games). . The top 2 teams from
each division (using record and then point differential as the tie
breaker if necessary) will make the playoffs (with division winners
playing non division winners). Before the playoff, there will be a
re-draft of TSB15 teams with the top seed (based on record and
then point differential) picking 1st in each of the 2 rounds.

Friday, January 23, 2015

Works of mercy are means of
grace. To refuse to be merciful is, therefore, a rejection of grace. How
serious, then, the almost universal neglect for visiting the sick?

Here is a method to this
means of grace:

1)Pray before you
go (remain prayerful throughout)

2)Inquire as to
their physical condition

3)Provide whatever
assistance you are able

4)Inquire as to
their spiritual condition

5)As Spirit leads,
press for repentance

6)Leave them some
simple spiritual resource

7)Conclude every
meeting with prayer

8)Visit them again
(discuss the resource)

9)Upon their
improvement, stay involved/helpful

All who are on the path to
perfection shall regularly visit the bedsides of the sick (whether their
sickness be in mind or body, whether they are believers or not).

The rich must visit the sick
(personally, not by proxy). Voluntary ignorance of their condition is no
excuse. The poor must visit them also. Even if they have no material goods to
share, they may share Jesus! They may pray! The young can share their energy; the
old, their wisdom. Both men and women have much to give in this ministry.

Since showing mercy is a
means of grace, the rewards always outweigh the cost. It’s a matter of life or
death.

Saturday, January 17, 2015

That 70's Show (about people in their 70's)
Saved by the Life Alert Bell
How I Met Your Great Grandmother
How I Forgot Your Mother
Lost... Again
It's Always Sunny in Florida
Aching Bad
The Walking Deaf
The Walking Dead
So You think You Can Stand
So You think You Can Blanche
Different Stroke
Star Trek: I'll Tell You What's Wrong with the Next Generation
Whose Lane is it Anyway?
Whose Flat Line is it Anyway?
The Fresh Prince of Ear-Hair
Nursing Home Improvement
Battlestar Sciatica
Alzheimer's in the Family
Golden Gilmore Girls
Cardiac Arrested Development
Grandparent Hood
Call the Ambulance
The 100 Year Olds
Better Off Dead
Seinfell and He Can't Get Up
General Hospice
Days of Our Lives (are numbered)
All My Grandchildren
Facts of Life Support
The New Dentures of Old Christine
Curb Your Euthanasia
Mad About Euthanasia
Suddenly Snoozin
Switched at Death
Just Shoot Me Already
Law & Order D.N.R.
AARP in Cincinnati
Keeping up with the Cardiologist
Doctor Who?
Ugly Betty White
2 Stroke Girls
Decrepit Housewives
American Idle
Hip Busters
Saturday Night Still Alive
Monday Night Footbath
Grey-Haired Anatomy

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

General
Rules: We will be using the original version of Tecmo Super Bowl, but
with a combination of systems (including original NES & Wii).
Competitors are free to make in-game changes (like to their starting
lineup) but no out-of-game changes (like to their teams playbook). I am anticipating a turnout of 7-10 competitors. The following formats will be used depending on # of attendees:

If 4 show up then each player will pick 7 TSB teams (using a snake
draft). Everyone will play everyone else (3 games). Then 1st place will
play 4th place in a 3 game series (first to win 2). 2nd place will play
3rd place in a 3 game series as well. The winners will face each other
in a 3 game series. Each player must use all their teams before re-using
any teams.

If 5 show up then each player will pick 5 TSB teams (using a snake
draft). Everyone will play everyone else (4 games). 5th place will play
4th place for the right to play 3rd place. The winner of that game will
play 2nd place for the right to play 1st place (point differential will
be used in case of ties). Each player may NOT use a team more than once.
If a player runs out of teams, they must choose from un-drafted teams.

If 6 show up then each player will pick 4 TSB teams (using a snake
draft). Everyone will play everyone else (5 games). No championship game
will be necessary if 1 player sits alone at the top of the standings at
the end. If there is a tie at the top of the standings, the top 2 teams
(using point differential as a tie-breaker) will play for the
championship. Each player may NOT use any of their teams more than twice
during the tournament.

If
7 show up then each player will pick 4 TSB teams (using a snake draft).
Everyone will play everyone else (6 games). No championship game will
be necessary if 1 player sits alone at the top of the standings at the
end. If there is a tie at the top of
the standings, the top 2 teams (using point differential as a
tie-breaker) will play for the championship. Each player may NOT use any
of their teams more than twice during the tournament.

If
8 show up then each player will pick 3 TSB teams (using a snake draft).
There will be 2 randomly selected divisions. Each player will play
everyone in their division (3 games). Players must use all 3 of their
teams during this time. The top 2 teams from
each division (point differential used to break ties) will make the
playoffs (with division winners playing non division winners). Players
must NOT use a team twice during the playoff.

If
9 show up then each player will pick 3 TSB teams (using a snake draft).
There will be 3 randomly selected divisions. Each player will play
everyone in their division (2 games). Each division winner advances to
the playoffs. In addition, one wild-card
will be determined by record and then point differential. Seeding will
be determined by record and then point differential as well. Players can
NOT use a team more than twice during tournament.

If
10 show up then each player will pick 2 TSB teams (using a snake
draft). There will be 2 randomly selected divisions. Each player will
play everyone in their division (4 games) during which each of their
teams must be used twice. The top 2 teams from
each division (using record and then point differential as the tie
breaker if necessary) will make the playoffs (with division winners
playing non division winners). Before the playoff, there will be a
re-draft of TSB teams beginning with the top seed (based on record and
then point differential) picking 1st in each round.